Faculty and Students of GDUFS Attend Opening Ceremony of Photographic Exhibition for 70th Anniversary Anti-Fascism Victory

    Hosted by Russian Consulate-General in Guangzhou, a photographic exhibition in memory of the 70th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War and world’s anti-fascism war was inaugurated in the Guangzhou Library on April 20th. Invited by Mikhail Medvedev, its Consul-General, faculty and students in the department of Russian language of our university attended the opening ceremony.

Staff of Russian consulate-general in Guangzhou and teachers and students in the department of Russian Language of GDUFS

Mikhail presented in the inauguration and delivered his opening speech, pointing out that this year was the 70th anniversary of victory in world’s anti-fascism war, as well as China’s anti-Japanese war and Russia’s Great Patriotic War. As the main battlefield in Asia and Europe, China and Russia have relatively made enormous contributions to the victory. Leaders of both countries have agreed to show up in the celebrations involved held by each other. This photographic exhibition was one of them. During the opening ceremony, on behalf of President Putin, Mikhail presented a memorial medal to LU Lianfan, a veteran who had fought in Soviet Far East battlefield.

Mikhail Medvedev presented the memorial model to the veteran

The exhibition was divided into two parts: “The Great 70th Anniversary of Victory in 1945” and “History of Common Victory in Manchuria”, with around 100 historic pictures displayed. Those precious pictures have reproduced vividly the historical scenes of World War Two, such as parade on Red Square in 1941, battle against Germany in Europe and Japan in Manzhouli, formal surrender in Tokyo Bay and so on, which reminded people more of the history.

Faculty and students in the department of Russian Language viewing the exhibition

After the opening ceremony, faculty and students of our university were totally absorbed in the exhibition, and also had warm communications with LIU Weining, LIU Shaoqi’s eldest grandson, who attended this exhibition as well. YANG Ke, Dean of Faculty of European Languages & Culture of GDUFS, was interviewed by Southern Television Guangdong, and he introduced GDUFS’s Russian Centre and the department of Russian Language to them. He said that this exhibition was of great significance for people to remember the history, cherish the peace we now own and contribute to the friendship between both nations.

LI Weining and teachers and students having a warm discussion